What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind – the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.
GEORGE ELIOTAppearances have very little to do with happiness.
More George Eliot Quotes
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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Trouble’s made us kin.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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